OUR JOURNEY TO INCLUSION INTERVIEW WITH YVONNE MOSADI, HR DIRECTOR, HEINEKEN SOUTH AFRICA starts with inclusion in mind, as we believe that inclusion is a mindset issue. Without preparing your work environment to be inclusive and embrace diversity there is no point in trying. We drive inclusion and
HOW HAVE YOU IMPLEMENTED GENDER DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT IN THE WORKPLACE? By bringing inclusion and diversity to life at every step of the employee experience and at every touch point that matters. This would be from the point of drafting our policies, talent attraction, deliberate development programme, remuneration model and enabling culture experience to advance talent, in order to grow into senior leadership roles. Our approach to diversity
diversity from the top down as a strategic priority because we recognise the power of the diverse workforce for our success today and for our future growth. At HEINEKEN, inclusion and diversity is not relegated to simply being a people function, because all our leaders are empowered to understand and lead diversity initiatives within their daily people practices. Although we embrace diversity in totality, we have made a strategic decision to shift gender diversity across our business globally and with that, we have set strict targets to increase the numbers of female leaders within our business, particularly at middle and senior level.
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Females bring a wealth of diverse experience, and the research has shown that women are able to perform at the same level as their male counterparts and in some cases, even better. Empowered women are not just for show and the appearance of being for female empowerment and diversity, but in actual fact helps us shift our bottom-line goalposts by achieving higher levels of performance. We are deliberate in investing in programmes that develop and empower women to prepare them to move up the ranks at HEINEKEN. We recognise our people as a whole and we do not expect them to fit in, but rather we are conscious of our differences and embrace each other. After all, diversity is beautiful and boosts our business performance. We live in a diverse world, and it will be naïve to believe that we can ignore talking about inclusion and diversity. Everyone joining our company should come with an expectation to be included in decision making, design thinking and within all facets of their rewarding career with us.
